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Japanese people divided over plans to revise Pacifist constitution

Japanese voters remain divided over a plan by the new Abe government to revise Japan's Pacificist constitution.

Japanese people divided over plans to revise Pacifist constitution (Credit: ABC)

In a joint survey conducted by the Asahi newspaper and the University of Tokyo, 50 percent of those surveyed were in favour of revising the constitution.

Although this figure is well above the 41 percent polled in a similar survey four years ago, many Japanese still remain wary of changing their Pacifist constitution, imposed after the second world war.

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